'Lazy farmer' wins 2015 INDEX: Award for vertical farming system
It's world's first commercialised, hydraulic-driven, 9-metre-tall vertical vegetable cultivation system
Singapore
THURSDAY night's win of the 2015 prestigious design prize INDEX: Award by local farmer Sky Urban Solutions was the fruit of an unlikely desire: how to be a "lazy farmer" after retirement, says founder and CEO Jack Ng.
"Around 5-7 years ago, I was thinking 'when I retire, can I be a lazy farmer?' So I thought to use my know-…
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